Image problems

Have a look at your media settings (/wp-admin/options-media.php) and permalink settings (/wp-admin/options-permalink.php), click “Save Changes” on both.

Yes, I would recommend removing these URLs, then saving this setting, and after that, images should upload to the intended, default file path.

To update the default link type of images moving forward, you can do this by accessing your site options at yourdomain/wp-admin/options.php

Scroll down and find the image_default_link_type field. You have 4 choices:

1. none – This links back to the post it was uploaded to
2. file – This links to the image file in your wp-content/uploads folder
3. post – This links back to the post it was uploaded to
4. attachment – This links to an attachment post generated by WordPress for all image files uploaded to a post

You can also do this with a function in functions.php:

function mytheme_setup() {
 update_option('image_default_link_type', 'file' );

}
add_action('after_setup_theme', 'mytheme_setup');

Please have a look at this quick video I just created, which walks through this update. In the video, I create a brand new WordPress install and create a test post with an uploaded image to show the default behavior of no link being added by default.

Then, I copy the code above, from my previous answer, and add it to the active theme’s functions.php file.

Then, I create a new test post, and upload an image to show the link behavior is updated to using the media file URL by default: